Water-tank attachment for ranges or stoves.



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' APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16, 1912. 1,031,263.

Patented July 2, 1912.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 15, 1912.

1,031,263, Patented July 2,1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

FRANK R. HENRY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO MAJESTICMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION.

WATER-TANK ATTACHMENT FOR RANGES OR STOVES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 15, 1912.

Patented July 2, 1912.

Serial No. 671,182.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK It. HENRY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of the city of St. Louis, in the State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inlVater-Tank Attachments for Ranges or Stoves, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of thls specification.

My invention relates to a water tank attachment for ranges or cookingstoves of a constructionsuitable for use in such position as to receiveheat from the oven flues.

Attempts have heretofore been made to locate water heating tanks againstthe walls of cooking stoves and ranges so that the water therein wouldbe heated by the hot air passing through the oven flues, but it has beenfound diflicult to obtain sufficient heat to supply the requirements ofa water tank so located. In such attempts, recessed seat plates for thewater tanks have been applied to the outer filler walls of the ranges orstoves, in order that the heated air passing through the flue might betransmitted to the best advantage to the water tanks; but where theseseat plates have been imperforate, there has been insufficient heatthrough the tanks; and where they have been perforate, there has beensuch leakage of heated air from the oven flues through the seat platesand between them and the tanks as to materially detract from theeificiency of the draft through the oven fiue, without increasing theheating elficiency of the water tank.

The object of my invention is to provide in connection with the supportsfurnished for a water tank means whereby the tank may be firmly held incontact with the perforated seat plate that extends into the oven flueof a range or cooking stove, thus making it possible for the heated airpassing through said flue to circulate in direct contact with the watertank for the greatest water heating efficiency, and at the same timepreventing loss of heated air from the flue through the joint betweenthe tank and the seat plate.

Figure I is a perspective view of my water tank attachment. Fig. II is aperspective view of the perforated seat plate attached to the oven fluewall of a range. Fig. III is in part an elevation and in part a verticaltransverse section of the side portion of the range containing an ovenflue and my attachment. Fig. IV is a horizontal section taken on lineIVIV, Fig. III.

In the drawings: A and B designate, respectively, the inner and outerwalls of a cooking range between which is the oven flue C. The outerflue wall B has mounted therein a recessed seat plate 1, that isperforated at 2, in order that the heated air passing through the ovenflue may gain access through said plate to the extension D of a watertank B that fits snugly in the recess of the seat plate.

The water tank E is supported by a pair of shelf brackets 3 that receivelugs 4 secured to the end walls of the tank and adapted to rest upon thetop edges of the brackets. The brackets 3 are preferably detachablysecured to the range by upper and lower vertical socket pieces 5 and 6at the rear edges of the brackets that enter into upper and lowersockets 7 and 8. The sockets 7 may be, and preferably are, formedintegral with the seat plate 1, while. the sockets 8 are secured to theouter flue wall B beneath said seat plate.

In order thatthe water tank extension D may be positively and firmlyheld in the seat plate 1, I provide a presser bar 9 which extends acrossthe front of the water tank and is wedged and seated in notches 3' inthe outer ends of the tank supporting brackets 3. The front walls 3 ofsaid notches are inclined downwardly and rearwardly and, consequently,when said presser bar is placed in the notches and depressed therein, itis caused to ride rearwardly toward the seat plate 1 at the back of thewater tank, thereby forcing the water tank extension against the seatplate 1 and holding it securely thereagainst.

The presser bar 9 has a function aside from that involving its use as apresser bar in that it serves to connect the shelf brackets 3 to preventtheir outward movement away from the ends of the water tank, a movementthat would cause the brackets to fail to perform their office ofsupporting the water tank. In order that the presser bar may serve thefunction last referred to, said bar is provided with notches 10 adjacentto each of its ends that interlock with the bar receiving notches in theshelf brackets, as seen most clearly in Fig. IV.

I claim a 1. The combination with a range or cooking stove having anouter oven flue wall, of a water tank seat plate secured to said wall, awater tank resting against said seat plate, a support for said watertank, and a presser bar firmly wedged between the front of the watertank and the outer ends of the support whereby said water tank ispressed against said seat plate.

2. The combination with a range or cooking stove having an outer ovenflue wall, of a perforated water tank seat plate secured to said wall, awater tank resting against said seat plate, a support for said watertank, and a presser bar firmly wedged be tween thefront of the watertank and the outer ends of the support whereby said water tank ispressed against said seat plate.

3. The combination with a range or cooking stove having an outer ovenflue wall and a water tank seat plate secured to said wall,

. of shelf brackets secured to said wall, a

water tank supported by said shelf brackets, and a presser bar mountedin said shelf brackets and wedged between the front of the water tankand the outer ends of the shelf brackets for firmly holding said watertank against said seat plate.

4:. The combination with a range or cooking stove having an outer ovenflue wall and a water tank seat plate secured to said wall, of shelfbrackets secured to said wall, a

water tank supported by said shelf brackets, said shelf brackets beingprovided with notches having outer inclined walls, and a presser barseated in said notches and adjusted rearwardly therein by said inclinedwalls to hold said water tank in contact with said seat plate.

5. The combination with a range or cooking stove having an outer ovenflue wall and a water tank seat plate secured to said wall, of shelfbrackets secured to said wall, a watertank supported by said shelfbrackets, said shelf brackets being provided with notches, and a barextending across the outer wall of said water tank and resting in thenotches in said shelf brackets to hold them from outward movementrelative to each other.

6. The combination with a range or cooking stove having an outer ovenflue wall and a water tank seat plate secured to said wall, of shelfbrackets secured to said wall, a water tank supported by said shelfbrackets, said shelf brackets being provided with notches, and a bracketconnecting bar extending across the outer wall of said water tank andhaving notches therein engaging the notches in the shelf brackets.

FRANK R. HENRY.

In the presence of A. J. MOCAU EY, E. B. LINN.

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